Jerry Lee Lewis in Memphis, in 1957. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images But he brilliantly defined the new music by revealing its tangled roots—in white and Black gospel stylings, in the boogie-woogie ...

He called himself “the Killer,” and he lived up to the name, if not literally then figuratively. Jerry Lee Lewis was one of rock and roll’s founding fathers, a piano-pounding boogie-woogie rocker with ...

He was hailed as rock 'n' roll’s first great wild man and lived long enough to be its last. Sun Records star, Million Dollar Quartet member and American music icon Jerry Lee Lewis died on Friday. The ...

Rock 'n' roll's first great wild man, Jerry Lee Lewis — the singer and pianist nicknamed "The Killer" — has died. He was 87 years old. Sam Philips, the founder of Sun Records — and the producer who ...

Elvis Presley might have been the King, but Jerry Lee Lewis — the controversial American singer, songwriter and pianist who passed away Friday at his Mississippi home at the age of 87 — was something ...

Jerry Lee Lewis, one of rock and roll’s trailblazers, died in late October at age 87. The singer had been in poor health, but no cause of death was given. Nicknamed “the Killer,” Lewis epitomized rock ...

Dunn emulated Lewis's energetic style, including kicking back his bench and sitting on the keyboard. He credits his great-grandmother for introducing him to the boogie-woogie music that led to his ...

Jerry Lee Lewis, the untamable rock 'n' roll pioneer whose outrageous talent, energy and ego collided on such definitive records as "Great Balls of Fire" and "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" and ...

Jerry Lee Lewis, the last originator of rock ‘n’ roll, has died in his home Desoto County, Miss., at age 87. His death was erroneously reported by TMZ on Oct. 26, but the outlet quickly retracted that ...